Four Spirit players eligible for the 2011 NHL Draft saw their names on the list: Brandon Saad was ranked the eighth-best North American Skater, Vincent Trocheck was ranked the 42nd-best skater and Anthony Camara was ranked the 92nd-best skater. Spirit goaltender Tadeas Galansky was ranked the 10th-best North American goaltender.

The November NHL CSS preliminary rankings had Saad, a projected first-round pick, as the second highest-ranked OHL skater. Monday's rankings had two OHL skaters listed ahead of Saad: Kitchener's Gabriel Landeskog, who is listed as the top overall skater, and Niagara's Dougie Hamilton.